Let's see....A closer who looks like he'll lose his job, a notoriously streaky and moody 3B from the waiver wire who's eventually headed back to the wire, and one decent pitcher who has stunk so far this year....What's not to like?

But I have noticed that as much talk as there is about trades in leagues with good players they are not easy to pull off at all.

Bluto: Over? Did you say over? NOTHING is over until WE decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? HELL, NO!
Otter: Germans?
Boon: Forget it, he's rolling.

mtarail wrote:Let's see....A closer who looks like he'll lose his job, a notoriously streaky and moody 3B from the waiver wire who's eventually headed back to the wire, and one decent pitcher who has stunk so far this year....What's not to like?

But I have noticed that as much talk as there is about trades in leagues with good players they are not easy to pull off at all.

Bleach: i never said the trade demanded being accepted, what i was cussed about was the counter offer. if he had rejected it and said "no thanks, i like percival too much" then that is legitimate.

Mtarail: Everything you have said right there i disagree with. Rhodes wont lose his job, nor is he in danger. Beltre is really up to you whether or not u think this is his year (and for me i think it is cuz he is showing all of the signs), and Padilla - the guy is fine jus has no wins to show for it, but will heat up and be very solid.

I guess we can put the trade down to the discrepancies that you and me have discovered in our opinions. If he thinks like you then he'll reject it. If he wants to upgrade 2 positions and still keep a closer then he would accept it.

I think we all have a little bit of an inflated idea about the value of players that we drafted or acquired. After all, we wouldn't have gotten them if we didn't like them so much, right? If Rhodes is such a good closer and his job isn't in jeopardy and the other players are so good why do you want to trade them all to get Percival? If they're all that good they should be worth more, right?

Just my opinion. I think it's hard to make trades because everyone--especially near the beginning of the year--thinks that they did better in the draft than everyone else. Everyone is sure that their team is gonna win.

Bluto: Over? Did you say over? NOTHING is over until WE decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? HELL, NO!
Otter: Germans?
Boon: Forget it, he's rolling.